Here in part 2 of our "behind the scenes" journals from last weekend's live show weekend at Manifest Men we take a look at one heckuva busy day featuring two muscle models, Damon Danilo AND Xavier.
Saturday January 17.
In spite of a long Friday Vin, Adam and Damon got an early start and went to the beach at 7:30 AM for the first photo shoot. Even though we were in the midst of a winter warm spell in SoCal with highs in the 80s (sorry about that guys!) the temps early in the morning were still chilly. But there was Damon Danilo nearly naked while the guys were wearing coats and taking pics and shooting footage to be inserted into the upcoming video. By the time it finally started to get a little warmer it was time to go inside for the first live show of the day. This live show broadcast from the bedroom with Damon sitting on the window sill and looking out into the horizon is what you see archived in the video gallery. In the final edit, this footage will be edited together with the beach footage to create something totally different than what you see now.
We relayed the story of this next part of the story on an previous blog but it bears repeating. Because the the angle of the sun and the probable glare everyone thought that
although Damon was nude and hard, he copuldn't be seen from street level. However, Alex decided to go downstairs and go outside just to make sure. Well, one quick look upwards and Alex could see it all. Of course being that the studio is on a higher floor one would have to look up to see the naked muscular form of Damon Danilo--and that's just what one older couple did. Nothing came of it and the video shoot went on and reached its climactic conclusion on the bed. Speaking of the bed Manifest Men mogul Alex was the set dresser that day and got lots of compliments on his interior design skills. Think it's not important? It takes special talent to make an area suitable for filming and look good without being a distraction.
Soon enough the shoot was over and Damon had to pack up for his return flight. After a quick drop-off at the airport it was time for Xavier who arrived at the studio soon after for HIS two day photo shoot. Coming up: Xavier gets naked, gets pumped, and puts on one of the sexiest singlets you'veever seen---plus a surprise live video featuring Vin Marco!